Hannah A Williams
I am taking photography II course
My email is wmsalison549@aol.com
I like photography because one item can be viewed in so many different ways and being behind the camera you can capture that.
The top photo was made this year in photo II, the bottom was made last year during photo I. While both are made different ways, the quality of the photos are very much different.
While last year’s photo lacks balance, but has a nice contrast at the bottom. The photo from last year is a picture of old jars, taken in my backyard in the afternoon, the subject is close and the jar that is directly in the middle is the most focused. The subject is presented straight forward while the angle is to the left to get more jars in the background to the right. The distance from the subject isn’t very far, at the most half a foot. Also in this photo is a lack of framing, the subject is shown and placed, but then it ends, it only frames the bottom and the top is left for itself. The depth of field is small only showing a few jars focused and the background blurry and not being able to be made out. The tops of the jars create a great line before going to the blank white top and the jars themselves have a dark value towards the left and gradually get light moving along the picture. The jars are sitting on a rough surface and in the picture you can almost make out the texture, imaging it being scratchy and rough. This photo has space, but almost too much, the bottom has space in the right hand corner, but the top has too much space. All the jars together have a movement to look around, but only along the bottom, but they do create a unity as a whole. The jars do have a great contrast from the shadow areas and the highlighted areas of the jars. To me, I see this photo and think of the past, these jars weren’t normal jars, they had to be used for something, in one you can see a big crack. The jars almost have a story behind them. I don’t know if the feeling will get across because of the lack of balance is overriding.
The photo taken this year has a lot going on. The process of making this photo was sandwiching negatives. This is a photo of a girl laying down with her hair spread around and trees on top of her. The subject is the girl and the trees together, you see the girl first and then you notice the trees printed over top of her. Her hair, the branches, and shoulders frame the photo from the sides and bottom. Similar to the other one the depth of field is small and is focusing on the main object. Also like the other, the subject is very close to the camera and doesn’t give a great view of the details behind her. Her hair on the left side create white lines that lead your eye to the top to notice the tree branches. There is a very dark value with the tree, but a very white value with the girl’s skin and hair. Her shirt has a nice texture and pattern to it that looks like lace, the branches also create a pattern and movement on her face. This has a large contrast, like the other picture, between the light girl and the dark trees. At the top of the picture it has a unity with the tree. Unlike the other picture, this one has a nice balance. The tree and girl are facing opposite directions and then collide with each other. Upon seeing this picture I see how the girl is a part of nature of nature and nature is a part of her. The meaning I get behind that is that both of these things need each other to survive. Some comments I got about this picture was that it looks like the girl is being possessed and buried, I think that adds a meaning that nature can be as evil as it is good like humans.
I think over time my work was made better by sharing details and being moved around the photo more, instead of being cramped into one part of the photo. I started to use space wisely and learn to balance subjects in the frame.
I am in 11th grade
I am taking photography II course
My email is wmsalison549@aol.com
I like photography because one item can be viewed in so many different ways and being behind the camera you can capture that.
The top photo was made this year in photo II, the bottom was made last year during photo I. While both are made different ways, the quality of the photos are very much different.
While last year’s photo lacks balance, but has a nice contrast at the bottom. The photo from last year is a picture of old jars, taken in my backyard in the afternoon, the subject is close and the jar that is directly in the middle is the most focused. The subject is presented straight forward while the angle is to the left to get more jars in the background to the right. The distance from the subject isn’t very far, at the most half a foot. Also in this photo is a lack of framing, the subject is shown and placed, but then it ends, it only frames the bottom and the top is left for itself. The depth of field is small only showing a few jars focused and the background blurry and not being able to be made out. The tops of the jars create a great line before going to the blank white top and the jars themselves have a dark value towards the left and gradually get light moving along the picture. The jars are sitting on a rough surface and in the picture you can almost make out the texture, imaging it being scratchy and rough. This photo has space, but almost too much, the bottom has space in the right hand corner, but the top has too much space. All the jars together have a movement to look around, but only along the bottom, but they do create a unity as a whole. The jars do have a great contrast from the shadow areas and the highlighted areas of the jars. To me, I see this photo and think of the past, these jars weren’t normal jars, they had to be used for something, in one you can see a big crack. The jars almost have a story behind them. I don’t know if the feeling will get across because of the lack of balance is overriding.
The photo taken this year has a lot going on. The process of making this photo was sandwiching negatives. This is a photo of a girl laying down with her hair spread around and trees on top of her. The subject is the girl and the trees together, you see the girl first and then you notice the trees printed over top of her. Her hair, the branches, and shoulders frame the photo from the sides and bottom. Similar to the other one the depth of field is small and is focusing on the main object. Also like the other, the subject is very close to the camera and doesn’t give a great view of the details behind her. Her hair on the left side create white lines that lead your eye to the top to notice the tree branches. There is a very dark value with the tree, but a very white value with the girl’s skin and hair. Her shirt has a nice texture and pattern to it that looks like lace, the branches also create a pattern and movement on her face. This has a large contrast, like the other picture, between the light girl and the dark trees. At the top of the picture it has a unity with the tree. Unlike the other picture, this one has a nice balance. The tree and girl are facing opposite directions and then collide with each other. Upon seeing this picture I see how the girl is a part of nature of nature and nature is a part of her. The meaning I get behind that is that both of these things need each other to survive. Some comments I got about this picture was that it looks like the girl is being possessed and buried, I think that adds a meaning that nature can be as evil as it is good like humans.
I think over time my work was made better by sharing details and being moved around the photo more, instead of being cramped into one part of the photo. I started to use space wisely and learn to balance subjects in the frame.